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Congressional Budget Office Pay-As-You-Go Estimate: H.R. 3525: Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002
"CBO estimates that H.R. 3525 (enacted as Public Law 107-173) will result in no significant net cost to the federal government. The act will affect direct spending, but we estimate that any net effects will not be significant. H.R. 3525 sets the amount of the machine-readable visa (MRV) fee at $65 and establishes a surcharge of $10 for issuing an MRV in a nonmachine-readable passport. Under prior law, the Secretary of State had the authority to raise MRV fees at his discretion, and on June 1, 2002, the department implemented a new schedule of consular fees, including an increase in the MRV fee from $45 to $65. According to the State Department, it would be nearly impossible to collect the $10 surcharge under the existing application procedures because banks that collect various application fees would be unable to distinguish machine-readable passports from nonmachine-readable ones. Because the State Department currently does not have a specific plan for collecting the new surcharge, CBO cannot estimate the additional amounts that will be collected and spent, but the net effects will not be significant in any year. H.R. 3525 also will increase the penalty from $300 to $1,000 for improper submission of passenger manifests by carriers entering United States ports. This provision will increase both collections and spending of such penalties by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), but CBO estimates that the net effect will be less than $500,000 annually."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2002-08-01
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Congressional Budget Office Pay-As-You-Go Estimate: S. 1447: Aviation and Transportation Security Act
"S. 1447 (enacted as Public Law 107-71) will establish a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to coordinate and direct aviation security and--in times of national emergencies--to coordinate security for all domestic transportation. The act authorizes increased federal responsibility for all aspects of aviation security, including a federal take-over of passenger and baggage screening. S. 1447 could affect direct spending and receipts; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply to the act, but CBO estimates that any impact on direct spending and receipts will not be significant. S. 1447 establishes a new federal crime for assaulting or interfering with an airport security official. Because those prosecuted and convicted under S. 1447 could be subject to criminal fines, the federal government may collect additional fines. Collections of such fines are recorded in the budget as governmental receipts (revenues), which are deposited in the Crime Victims Fund and spent in subsequent years. CBO expects that any additional receipts and direct spending will be less than $500,000 each year. S. 1447 authorizes the TSA to charge air carriers and passengers fees to offset the cost of providing airport security. Under the act, however, the TSA cannot collect fees or spend funds on aviation security without prior appropriation action. As a result, those transactions will not affect direct spending and receipts."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2001-11-30
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International Crime Threat Assessment
At the direction of the President and as part of the International Crime Control Strategy, a US Government interagency working group has prepared the following comprehensive assessment of the threat posed by international crime to Americans and their communities, US businesses and financial institutions, and global security and stability. The assessment is divided into five parts. Chapter I addresses the Global Context of International Crime, identifying those factors, including the implications of a changing world, the greater sophistication of criminal organizations, and institutional shortcomings elsewhere in the world, that have contributed to the growing problem of international crime. Chapter II provides a comprehensive overview of specific International Crimes Affecting US Interests, including their effect on American lives and livelihood, costs to US business interests at home and abroad, and impact on US national security interests around the world. Chapter III addresses Worldwide Areas of International Criminal Activity, particularly as source areas for specific crimes and bases of operations for international criminal organizations. This section includes an analysis of the driving factors in different countries and regions that allow criminal organizations and international criminal activity to flourish, as well as an assessment of the impact of international criminal activity on stability in these countries and regions. Chapter IV addresses the Consequences of International Crime for US Strategic Interests, including the ability to work cooperatively with foreign governments and the problem of criminal safe havens, kleptocracies, and failed states. Finally, Chapter V offers a perspective on the Future of International Crime as it develops in the next 10 years.
United States. White House Office
2000-12
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 2144: Aviation Security Technical Corrections and Improvements Act of 2003
"CBO estimates that H.R. 2144 would authorize the appropriation of $7.7 billion over the 2004-2008 period for programs related to aviation security. Those programs would be administered by the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security, primarily through the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). CBO estimates that implementing the bill would cost $6.9 billion over the next five years, assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts. We also estimate that H.R. 2144 would increase offsetting receipts and direct spending, but by less than $500,000 annually. Enacting the bill would not affect revenues. H.R. 2144 contains intergovernmental mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA). However, CBO estimates that any costs imposed on state, local, or tribal governments would not be significant and would not exceed the threshold for intergovernmental mandates established by that act ($59 million in 2003, adjusted annually for inflation). The bill would benefit public airports by authorizing funds to reimburse them for costs they incur to assist the TSA. H.R. 2144 would impose a private-sector mandate as defined in UMRA on owners of domestic and foreign aircraft repair stations. The cost of this mandate would be determined by the standards to be set by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. CBO cannot estimate the direct cost of the mandate as the new standards have not been established. Thus, CBO cannot determine whether the costs to the private sector would exceed the annual threshold established by UMRA for private-sector mandates ($117 million in 2003, adjusted annually for inflation). The bill may also impose a mandate on certain companies that are involved in shipping air cargo."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2003-08-14
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Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include formonitrile. Aqueous solutions are referred to as hydrocyanic acid and prussic acid.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Methyl Isocyanate (C2H3NO) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include isocyanomethane, isocyanatomethane, methylcarbylamine, and MIC.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Methylene Chloride (CH2 Cl2) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include dichloromethane, methylene bichloride, methane dichloride, and methylene
dichloride.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Hydrogen Chloride (HCl) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms for an aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride include chlorohydric acid, hydrochloric acid,
and muriatic acid.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000-03-24
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Hydrogen Peroxide (H2 O2) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include dihydrogen dioxide, hydrogen dioxide, hydroperoxide, and peroxide.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include dihydrogen sulfide, sulfur hydride, sulfurated hydrogen, hydrosulfuric acid, "sewer gas," "swamp gas," hepatic acid, sour gas, and "stink damp."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Methyl Bromide (CH3 Br) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include bromomethane, monobromomethane, isobrome, and methyl fume.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Methyl Mercaptan (CH3SH) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include methanethiol, mercaptomethane, thiomethanol, methyl sulfhydrate, and thiomethyl alcohol.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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National Military Strategy: Shape, Respond, Prepare Now -- A Military Strategy for a New Era
The National Military Strategy provides the advice of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) in consultation with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Combatant Commanders on the strategic direction of the Armed Forces over the next three to five years. In formulating the 1997 National Military Strategy, the CJCS derives guidance from the President's 1997 National Security Strategy and from the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) report prepared by the Secretary of Defense. In both the 1997 National Security Strategy and the QDR report, the President and the Secretary of Defense introduced an integrated strategic approach embodied by the terms Shape, Respond and Prepare Now. The 1997 National Military Strategy is based on these concepts. It builds on the premise that the United States will remain globally engaged to Shape the international environment and create conditions favorable to US interests and global security. It emphasizes that our Armed Forces must Respond to the full spectrum of crises in order to protect our national interests. It further states that as we pursue shaping and responding activities, we must also take steps to Prepare Now for an uncertain future.
Defense Technical Information Center (U.S.)
1997-05
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Nitrogen Oxides (NO, NO2, and others)
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms for nitric oxide (NO) include mononitrogen monoxide and nitrogen monoxide. Synonyms for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) include dinitrogen tetroxide, nitrogen peroxide, nitrogen tetroxide, and NTO. Synonyms for mixtures of nitrogen oxides include nitrogen fumes and nitrous fumes.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Phenol (C6 H5 OH) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, monohydroxybenzene, benzenol, monophenol,
phenyl hydroxide, phenyl alcohol, phenic acid, phenylic acid, and phenylic alcohol.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Parathion ([C2 H5 O2] P[S]OC6 H4 NO2 ) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include O,O-Diethyl-O-(p-nitrophenyl) phosphorothioate, diethyl parathion, ethyl parathion, parathion ethyl and a variety of trade names such as Alkron, Alleron, Danthion, DNTP, DPP, Etilon, E-605, Stathion, Sulphos,
and Thiophos.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include caustic soda, lye, soda lye, and sodium hydrate.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Phosgene (COCl 2) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include carbonic acid dichloride, carbonic dichloride, carbon oxychloride, carbonyl chloride, and chloroformyl chloride.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include sulfur oxide, sulfurous acid anhydride, sulfurous anhydride, and sulfurous oxide.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Phosphine (PH3)
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms of phosphine include hydrogen phosphide, phosphorus hydride, phosphorus trihydride,
and phosphoretted hydrogen.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Selenium Hexafluoride (SeF6)
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include selenium fluoride and selenium (VI) fluoride.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Tetrachloroethylene (Cl2 C=CCl2) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include carbon bichloride, carbon dichloride, ethylene tetrachloride, PCE, perc, perchlor,
perchloroethylene, Perclene, perk, 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethylene, and tetrachloroethene.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Trichloroethylene (Cl2 C=CHCl) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include acetylene trichloride, ethylene trichloride, ethinyl trichloride, trichloroethene,
TCE, and tri.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Toluene (C6 H5 CH3) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include methyl benzene, methyl benzol, phenyl methane, and toluol.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Toluene Diisocyanate (CH3 C6 H3 [NCO]2 ) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include TDI, diisocyanatotoluene, and tolylene diisocyanate.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CH3 CCl3 ) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include alpha-T, alpha-trichloroethane, chloroethene, methylchloroform, methyltrichloromethane,
TCEA, and trichloromethylmethane.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Xylene (C6 H4)(CH3)2
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include dimethylbenzene, methyl toluene, xylol, and mixed xylenes.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Vinyl Chloride (C2 H3 Cl) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include chloroethene, chloroethylene, 1-chloroethylene, ethylene monochloride,
monochloroethylene, monovinyl chloride, MVC, VC, VCM, and vinyl chloride monomer.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers 1996
Key military indicators reported in this 25th edition of World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers (WMEAT) suggest that 1995, the last year shown, may prove to be a pivotal year. Military spending took an upward turn in the developing countries as a group as well as in a number of regions, notably East Asia and South America, after dropping since 1986 except for the Gulf War years. Arms imports by the developing countries also turned up sharply in 1995, with increases appearing in the Middle East, East Asia, South America, and South and Central Asia. Armed forces numbers did not generally increase in 1995, but neither have they shown recent signs of falling appreciably in the developing group. On the other hand, for the developed country group all these indicators of military effort continued their decline from Cold War levels in 1995, with little sign of abatement. Although the full long-term implication of these trends may be cloudy, it is clear that the work of arms control and nonproliferation is far from over. That conviction is supported by the difficulties being encountered in many of the growing number of international peace-promoting efforts, the ominous threat of terrorism, the military disorder in a number of regions, and the persistence of armed conflict potential around the globe. In fact, the work of arms control and nonproliferation is daily facing new challenges and taking new paths. It is imperative that the toilers in this vineyard maintain and even increase their dedication, their persistent efforts, and ultimately, their successes, despite setbacks and discouragements.
United States. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
1997-07
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Strategy for a Middle East Peace - Is the US Acting in Its Own Best Interest?
The United States is not acting in its best interest with respect to Israel and the Middle East peace. Congress and many government officials have stated that Middle East peace is a vital national interest, yet the legislative and executive branches of government act to undermine the peace process through unconditional support for Israel and its policies. This paper uses the National Security Strategy (May 1997) and the pronouncements of state Department officials to outline US interests in the Middle East. Actions taken or not taken to advance the peace are then examined as well as the stated rationale for these actions and policies. As the examination unfolds, two things become clear: the US is acting to undermine justice for the Palestinian and peace in the region, and Israelis a pariah nation that violates every value that is the ethos of America. Israelis what we teach our children to abhor; a country that practices genocide and has no respect for the basic human rights of others. Six national interests are examined in making this evaluation: 1) the free flow of oil at reasonable prices; 2) the security of Israel and our Arab allies; 3) stability in the region; 4) combating terrorism and the spread of weapons of mass destruction; 5) promoting democracy and respect for human rights and the rule of law; 6) and enhancing business opportunities for American companies. The United States has the ability to achieve each of these interests and also to secure these interests, but chooses to jeopardize them by allowing Israel unrestrained latitude in dispossessing the Palestinian Arabs. The United States acts to marginalize the international community who seeks to force Israel to act like a responsible member of the global family. In doing so, the United States compromises its national values, its global leadership and its vital interest in the Middle East.
Army War College (U.S.)
Phillips, Michael A.
1998
